Antiglare device



Aug. 15, 1950 P. D. EXNER 2,518,766

ANTIGLARE DEVICE Filed May 11, 1949 IN V EN TOR. P8 Z'ef' Dan iel Exn er Patented Aug. 15, 1950 umrso STATES, I 1

Application May 11, 1949, Serial No. 92,587 In Canada April 25, 1949 Sun visors as normally employed in automobiles are attached to the vehicle in such a way that adequate protection is only provided directly in front of or directly to the side of the vehicle operator, although it is apparent that light rays 3 Claims. (01. 248-278) may enter the vehicle from many other unprotected directions. While attempts have been made to provide a sun visor which would serve to shield the operator from rays arriving from any direction, such attempts have not resulted in a commercially feasible device due largely to their complicated and costly nature.

An object of the present invention is to provide a sun visor mechanism of simple inexpensive construction for use in the interior of the automobile or like vehicle wherein the visor blade is so supported as to be easily and readily adjustable to any required position to shield the operators eyes from light rays entering the vehicle from substantially all directions, thus eliminating the hazards of glare in vehicle operation.

The invention will be described with reference to the accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 is a side elevation, partly in section, of a visor assembly in accordance with the invention, and

Figure 2 is a plan view.

Referring to the drawing, I is a base plate adapted to be mounted in horizontal relation in a vehicle directly above the operators head, as by means of a bracket 2 bolted to a cross rib 3 of the vehicle roof. A disc 4 is fixed to the under side of the base I as by means of screws 5, the lower surface of the disc 4 being disposed below the roof surface 6. A visor arm supporting bracket or member 1 comprises a hollow circular member having a convex lower wall 8 and a flat upper wall 9. The member I is of considerably larger diameter than that of disc 4 and is preferably double the diameter of disc 4. A raised axial portion IU of the upper surface 9 is arranged to engage the lower surface of disc 4 and may be of substantially the same diameter as disc 4. The member I is resiliently held in engagement with disc 4 and rotatably mounted thereon by means of an axial bolt ll extending through the member, disc 4 and base I, which has an axial recess I2 to accommodate the spring IS.

A visor arm 13' comprises a U-shaped rod of spring steel or the like having its legs 14 extending through respective pairs of aligned openings IS in the convex portion 8 of member I, such legs converging slightly towards each other as clearly shown in Figure 2. The free ends of legs l4 are reversely bent into aligned relation as indicated at I6, and the usual visor I1 is pivoted thereto in depending relation therefrom.

Aligned service openings I 8 and I9 may be provided in member 1 to provide access to the screws 5 for assembly or disassembly purposes.

It will be apparent that, by pressing the legs l4 slightly towards each other, the effective length of the visor arm may be adjusted as desired by sliding the legs l4 through the openings l5. It will also be apparent that the horizontal position of the visor is adjustable throughout a complete 360 around the operator's head, thus providing a visor which is effective against light rays from all directions.

The diameter of the disc 4 and the engaging surface I0 is preferably at least four inches to provide a stable support for the visor arm and to avoid vibration thereof. The U-shaped visor arm, in combination with the convex supporting member therefor, provides an effective support for the visor while making possible a very simple and rapid means for adjusting the position of the visor with respect to the operator.

There has thus been provided a simple and inexpensive visor mechanism which may be readily mounted on a vehicle and which provides substantially greater protection against the hazards ofglare than visors heretofore proposed.

I claim:

1. A sun visor mechanism comprising, a base, a plate mounted on said base, a clamping bracket pivotally mounted on said plate for rotatable adjustment about an axis perpendicular to the plane of the base, a U-shaped visor arm having its legs slidably mounted in said bracket, said bracket having portions slidably engaging and holding said legs in converging relation towards their free ends to maintain said legs under tension, and a visor blade hingedly attached to said visor arm.

2. A sun visor or anti-glare device comprising a clamping bracket, means for rotatably mounting the clamping bracket in the top of a motor vehicle or the like, a resilient U-shaped visor arm having its legs slidably mounted in said bracket, said bracket having portions slidably engaging and holding said legs in converging relation towards their free ends to maintain said legs under tension and to permit extending or retracting said arm, and a visor blade hingedly mounted on the outer end of said arm.

3. An anti-glare device for vehicles comprissaid bolt, said legs converging towards their free ing a base plate having an axial recess therein, ends, and a visor pivotally suspended from the a second plate fixed to and overlying the first free ends of said legs. plate, a bracket comprising a hollow circular PETER DANIEL EXNER. member having a convex lower wall and a flat 5 upper wall, means for rotatably mounting said REFERENCES CITED bracket on the second plate with said upper Wan Themfollowing ,references., ,ar.e of v.record in the in resilient frictional engagement-withthee-sec m 5 g g t ht; end plate comprising a bolt "extendingexially through the bracket and. second plate and a UNITED STATES PATENTS spring carried by the bolt and seated in said re' Number Name Date cess, a visor arm consisting of a U-ShfL-Dfldriifld v2;2:35;421 Devine Mar. 8, 1941 having its legs slidably mounted in said convex 2,454,613 Peltier et a1 Nov. 23, 1948 wall in substantially right angular rela'tion to 

